Distributor



Feb. 13, 1923.

E. H. LAYTON 'DISTRIBUTOR Filed June l, 1922 f i t a i nieuwe een. ieee.i lo llt-.iai tdidlliitll ERNEST H. LAYTON, 0F LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

DISTRIBUTOR. I

Applicationled June l, 1922. Serial No. 565,276.

v.tield and home practice Yfor training' to shoot.

The inifention is broadly new, basic and pioneer in that l have provideda projectile `formed o't a plaited sheet constituting` an elongate body,and a tip formed by the bend` ot a loop oi'A material bent over thefront end 'ot said body and constituting inea-ns 'tor f holding` theplaits together at said frontl end ot the body so that the plaited sheetmay be projected through the air like a dart and distribution .of thesheets may thus be et footed with `great ease and certainty; andbyremoving the plaited sheet from the tip, or

vice versa, the sheet may be Veasily opened out to expose anyinscriptions thereon.

The means for holding1 the plaits together at one end of tlierbody mayconsist of a Jfold ot material having,y suiiicient set to hold theplaits and `prevent them troni spreading apart; while the plaitsthroughout the body are tree to expand tan-shape. Such clip may bc otmetal or any other suitable material. T he projectile so formed, isparticu la-rly adapted to the distribution ot advertising matter. l

Heretotoie, house to house distribution oic advertisingmatter such ashand bills and dodp'ers has required the distributor to Walk lgreatdistances and under such conditions i 'the capacity for properlydistributing the hand bills from door to door is limited to about onethousand bills per day for an ordinary distributor, and as suchdistribution is usually paid tor by the thousand and. the reniunerationper thousand is usually low, it is hard to get conscientiousdistributors to Work for the prices that can be profitable to theadvertiser7 and it is possible that the distributor may yield to thetemptation of disposing ot dodgers or hand bills without actualdistribution.`

An object of thisinvention is to provide, for advertising purposes, ahand bill. or dodp'er which maybe cheaply and conveniently made andwhich can be distributed by pneumatic pressure at a high rate of speedeither bya pedestrian or by an op` erator riding in, and distributingv`tronig an automobile.

Xin object is to malte provision whereby thev distributor can accuratelyplace the hand bill at individual doors distant from the street. and mayalso place the bills at doors" and Windows openingq onto balconies, frombottom to top ot' a building; and ivl'iereby the distributor in anautomobile .going at high speed can accurately place the advertisementin trout oit each door he passes on the side ot the street on which hewishes to make the distribution.

By printing` the advertisement on the bill and then creasing' the billinto plaits, and

`then bending onto one end ot the plaits a told ot sheet material si has brass, au adif'ertisinu` projectile adapted to accomplish thepurposes above indicated is produced.

An object of the invention. is to make cheap. simple and convenientprovision whereby the distributor may invariably place, singly.y and atsuch places as he Wishes, adretisementsthat can be easily opened. audread by the one who picks them up troni such place.

l have discovered that such projectiles can lbe accurately thrown byhand, and also that i" may be discharged troni a tube by compressed air.

The invention includes the projectile and a tube constructed todischarge the projectile to et'ect the distribution.

iin object and an advantage attained is security against displacement ofthe hand bill by the Wind.

@ther objects, advantages and features of invention may appear trom theaccompanying; drawing'. the subjoined detail description and theapjrieiided claims.

The `invention may be carried out iii various Ways.

The accompanyingil drawiingr illustrates the invention as applied in asimple, satisfactory device.

Figure l is a vieiv oit a distributor comprisingi` an advertising'projectile constructed in accordance with vthis invention and insertedin a tube from which it may be blown by compressed air or other suitablemedium, the tube is shown in section.

Figi. 2 is an enlarged end YJiew of the saine, from the lett of Fig. 1.

sudden blast.

Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the projectile shown in Fig. l as thesame might appear in flight.

Fig.l l is an enlarged fragmental longitudinal section of the projectileshown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. v

Fig. 5 is a view on a smaller scale of the projectile body before it isplaited, 4and while it is flat after advertising matter has been printedon it. Dotted lines indicate the lines upon which the sheet will be bentinto plaits prior to being secured by the clip.

Fig. 6 is an. enlarged perspective view of the clip before it has beenapplied to the projectile body.

The sheet l is folded in fan fashion at one .end l by a clip 5preferably formed of a rectangular piece of sheet metal bent at themiddle into U shape, and one end l of the sheet is inserted in the clip5 and the limbs of the clip are then bent to clasp and hold the end l,thus forming a projectile; the clip ,5 serving as the point or head ofsaid projectile while the free end ,G of the sheet l spreads out infan-shape to serve as a feather. in a tube 7 which is rectangular incross section and may be constructed either of metal or pasteboardtubing. The projectile may then be ,ejected from the tube 7 by pneumaticpressure applied against the end G of said projectile with a strong,short and This may be done by the breath of the distributor, or by anyexpansive medium as compressed air or by the exhaust from an automobileor by any other suitable means connected to deliver the blast to thetube behind. the folds.

The tip may be of pasteboard, Celluloid, sheet metal or any othersuitable material. Sheet metal is preferred as it Vadds sullicientweight to the end of the plaited body to remain at one pointarouiid'which the main body may spin in the wind without being blownaway. I

By enclosing the front ends of the plaits with a loop in which the endof the plaited body is inserted, the bend of the loop forms a round andsmooth front tip adapted to allow each projectile to be easily separatedfrom its fellows and to allow each to The projectile .3 is then insertedbe separately inserted with great ease into the projecting` tube and toallow it to pass through the air with accurate flight and with minimizedair resistance.

Attention is directed to the fact that the loop forming the tip, issmooth and without external projections.. T he object of this is tominimize air resistance and to facilitate the Hight of the projectile,thus giving the projectile greater range and accuracy.

l claiml. A projectile composed Vof a plaited sheet forming an elongatebody; and a U-shaped loop enclosing the frontend of the plaited sheet;the bend of said loop forming the tip of the projectile; said loopconstituting` means for holding the plaits together at the front end ofthe body.

2'. A tube rectangular in cross section and a fan-shaped projectilehaving. a thin flat detachable` forwardly rounded tip forming the frontend of the projectile, and adapted to be shot through said tube.

3. A tube rectangular in cross section and a projectile adapted' to bepneumatically Vshot through said tube, said projectile consisting of asheet plaited in fan-shape to form an elongate body and means to holdthe plaits together' vat one end of said bodyV while the rest of thebody expands under the projecting` blast to form a feather.

l, A projectile composed of a plaited sheet forming an elongate body;and aloop for'holding` the front `en d of the plaited sheet tightlyfolded together, said loop being free from external projections landforming the exterior of said front end.

5, A projectile composed of a plaited sheet adapted to fold into a bodyof rectangular cross section, andmeans to hold the tip of. said bodyfolded in such rectangular cross section, forming a smooth front end ofsaid projectile to permit it to pass yfreely through the air, andallowing the body of the proiettile to .expand into fan-shape behindsaid front end.

ln testimony whereof .l haveliereunto set my hand at Los Angeles,California, this 24th day yof May 1922.

ERNEST H. LAYTON.

llitness JAMES R. TowNsEND.

